... short version, I see alot of new players that haven't gotten the lore - and yes it's there, but yo have to get their interest for them to bother looking for it - a little immersion helps - sots-verse is damn rich - and mood... mood.

So - using already-existing media - and existing trigger - I'd suggest, when 'first contact' is made in a game, and the cute tentacle event blurb triggers, just add to that to play the video introduction to that race - sots intro (humans), Murder ( for the crow), and of course my personal favorite, Born of Blood. I can't imagine the video files are particulary large, and being pre-existing assets...? unless there's an ownership coflict there.

Anyway - it's a thought. I often tell new players to watch those to get a 'feel'